About Francesco Gabbani

Francesco Gabbani (Carrara, Italy, 1982) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won in the category “Newcomers” at the 2016 Sanremo Music Festival 2016, with the song Amen. He also won the Mia Martini Critics Award.

In 2017, the singer participated in the Sanremo Music Festival again, this time in the “Big Artists” category, eventually winning the festival with his song Occidentali’s karma, and earning the right to represent Italy at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Francesco Gabbani will perform Occidentali’s karma in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2017, on Saturday 13 May.

Enjoy the official music video of Occidentali’s karma by Francesco Gabbani:

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